Forest Hill man faces murder charge in shooting death at Fort Worth home
A Forest Hill man accused of fatally shooting a man during an altercation in Fort Worth last month was in custody on a murder charge Tuesday, according to jail records.
Walter Freeman, 29, was booked into the Fort Worth Jail shortly before 4:30 p.m. Monday, according to Fort Worth Jail records.
Fort Worth police said Freeman was the suspect who fled the scene on May 19 after the fatal shooting.
Korey Ervin, 28, was shot in his chest at his residence in the 4700 block of Willow Springs Road, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office said.
Ervin was shot about 6:45 p.m. and was pronounced dead about an hour later at John Peter Smith Hospital. He died from that gunshot wound and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Ervin was involved in an argument and then a physical altercation with a man before he was shot, Fort Worth police said. The victim’s wife called authorities and reported the shooting.
Fort Worth police have not released any information on what the two men had been arguing about.
This story was originally published June 2, 2020 at 9:40 AM.
